History
The past comes alive through the pivotal moments, groundbreaking ideas, and remarkable individuals that have shaped our world. Here you'll find compelling accounts of everything from ancient philosophy to modern economics, from social movements to technological transformation, all carefully examined through the lens of time.
History Book Summaries
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The Landmark Court Battle Over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
Economics
Finance
Law
Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
Biography
History
Politics
Rommel
Lessons from Yesterday for Today's Leaders
History
Leadership
World War II
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
History
Tudor Period
Biography
Leonardo and the Last Supper
History
Art
Biography
A Reasonable Response
Answers to Tough Questions on God, Christianity, and the Bible
Christianity
Philosophy
Theology
Kashmir
A Case of Freedom
History
India
Politics
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Biography
History
Mystery
The Burger King
Jim McLamore and the Building of an Empire
Business
Biography
Food
The Black History of the White House
History
American History
Politics
The Myths and Gods of India
The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series
Religion
India
Hinduism
Unknown Quantity
A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra
Mathematics
Science
History
Firefighters
Their Lives in Their Own Words
History
Biography
Emergency Services
UFOs for the 21st Century Mind
A Fresh Guide to an Ancient Mystery
Aliens
Paranormal
Science
The Klondike Fever
The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
History
Canada
American History
Here, There and Everywhere
My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles
Music
Biography
Memoir
The 9.9 Percent
The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture
Politics
Economics
Sociology
American Brutus
John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
History
Civil War
Biography
Your Life Is Manufactured
How We Make Things, Why It Matters and How We Can Do It Better
Science
Technology
Business
Shot All to Hell
Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape
History
True Crime
American History
Don't Know Much About the Bible
Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned
Religion
History
Reference
Securing Democracy
My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Brazil
Politics
History
Brazil
A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal
Spirituality
History
Paranormal
Liberty and Tyranny
A Conservative Manifesto
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Inkblots
Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
Psychology
History
Biography
In a Sunburned Country
Travel
Humor
Australia
Big Fellow, Long Fellow
A Joint Biography of Collins and De Valera
Ireland
History
Biography
You are Being Lied To
The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
Apple in China
The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
Business
China
Technology
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation
Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom
History
Biography
The Primal Prescription
Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole
Health
Economics
Medicine
A Marriage at Sea
A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Biography
Memoir
Travel
Written in Blood
A History of Forensic Detection
True Crime
History
Crime
Red Capitalism
The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise
China
Economics
History
The Perfect Police State
An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future
Politics
China
History
Mark of a Giant
Seven People Who Changed the World
History
Biography
Historical
Classical Music for Dummies
Music
Reference
Classical Music
The Forgotten Highlander
My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
History
Biography
War
Impounded
Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
History
Photography
World War II
The Meaning of Everything
The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
History
Language
Biography
Hammer of the Gods
Music
Biography
History
Pimp
The Story of My Life
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Universal Man
The Lives of John Maynard Keynes
Biography
Economics
History
Energy and Civilization
A History
History
Science
Economics
Uncontrolled Spread
Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
Science
History
Health
Cod
A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
History
Food
Science
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
Biography
Autobiography
History
How to Win an Information War
The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler
History
Politics
War
Once a Wolf
The Science Behind Our Dogs' Astonishing Genetic Evolution
Science
Animals
Dogs
